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TV journalist Jane Pauley shares pains, joys of bipolar disorder
Rockford Register Star - September 30, 2008 - Mental illness is a medical illness, and it’s treatable. That was Jane Pauley’s message Tuesday to several hundred people who attended Janet Wattles Center’s Annual Celebration of Mental Health Fundraiser at Giovanni’s.
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The Skinny On “Manorexia” (video and article)
CBS “The Early Show” - September 30, 2008 - When we hear about anorexia or bulimia, we think primarily of young women suffering from the eating disorders.
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Psychiatric Telemedicine Helps Bring Relief To Shortage of Mental Health Professionals (audio report)
iHealthBeat - September 30, 2008 - In an iHealthbeat Special Report, psychiatry experts discussed how telemedicine is helping to bridge gaps in psychiatric care in California and other states.
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Mania: A Short History of Bipolar Disorder by David Healy (book review)
metapsychology - September 30, 2008 - Any book has two aspects — the book as meant by the author, the book as received by readers. The two aspects never fully match, which is perhaps why George Orwell wrote that every book is inevitably a failure.
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Common Gene Mutation Lowers Risk for Bipolar Disorder
US News and World Report - September 29, 2008 - New research suggests that a missing section of DNA in a certain gene may hold the key to whether a person does or does not develop bipolar disorder.
Read the rest of the article: http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2008/09/29/common-gene-mutation-lowers-risk-for-bipolar.html
Restless nights put older adults at risk for depression recurrence
UCLA Newsroom - September 29, 2008 - Nearly 60 percent of the nation’s elderly have trouble sleeping, whether it’s a lot of tossing and turning or outright bouts of insomnia.
Read the rest of the article: http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/restless-nights-puts-older-adults-64185.aspx
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Best for Traumatized Youths
US News and World Report - September 29, 2008 - In children and teens, individual and group cognitive behavioral therapy helps reduce depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other trauma symptoms, say U.S. researchers who reviewed of dozens of studies on the subject.
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Study finds young children can develop full-blown OCD
EurekAlert - September 30, 2008 - A new study by researchers at the Bradley Hasbro Children’s Research Center has found that children as young as four can develop full-blown obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and often exhibit many of the same OCD characteristics typically seen in older kids.
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Army creates suicide prevention board
CNN - September 29, 2008 - The U.S. Army is establishing a suicide prevention board to examine the mental health of its recruiters around the country after the fourth suicide in three years by Houston, Texas-based recruiters, according to Army officials.
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The Perils of Being Thin (video and article)
CBS News - September 29, 2008 - From the cast of “90210? to “Desperate Housewives” and the doctors of “Grey’s Anatomy,” Hollywood’s super-skinny stars may be setting a bad example.
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Shopaholics often wind up buying heartache
WBIR-TV, Knoxville, TN - September 28, 2008 - The funky velvet boots with the sexy heels and brightly colored floral design caught Carla Triplett’s eye from the storefront window of a boutique where she loves to shop.
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Shedding the stigma of mental illness
News Herald, Panama City, FL - September 28, 2008 - Since she was sexually abused at age 4, Carol Durham has suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, panic attacks and chronic depression.
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Mentally ill have their work cut out for them
Dublin Independent - September 28, 2008 - Ask yourself this, and be honest with the answer. Would you take a person that you knew had a psychiatric illness to work for you?
Read the rest of the article: http://www.independent.ie/national-news/mentally-ill-have-their-work-cut-out-for-them-1484648.html
Getting in Touch With Your Investment Angst
The Washington Post - September 28, 2008 - The psychological state of the average investor these days is fluctuating somewhere between fearful, freaked, impulsive, obsessive-compulsive (just checked the 401(k) five minutes ago, better inspect again), outraged, disgusted, despondent, contemptuous, and sometimes, when the markets are perfectly aligned in just the right amount of downhill commotion, all of the above.
Read the rest of the article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/09/27/ST2008092702109.html
Suicide hot lines save thousands
The Washington Times - September 28, 2008 - “I think maybe if I had talked to someone like you, I wouldn’t have done it.” The sad young woman who said these words in 1906 died from the poison she had swallowed.
Read the rest of the article: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/sep/28/suicide-hot-lines-save-thousands/
Making mania understood (letter to editor)
Ocala Star-Banner - September 28, 2008 - The Aug. 14 Star-Banner Sports section began with this headline, “Phelps mania sweeping through village.”
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4-legged prescription for veterans’ stress
San Francisco Chronicle - September 27, 2008 - Abelardo Rosas served two tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. He’d been hit by 13 improvised bombs, suffered head trauma and was diagnosed with severe post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Persons With Serious Mental Illness Face Higher Prevalence of Obesity
Wall Street Journal - September 26, 2008 - Obesity is a public health crisis within the general population; however, overweight and obesity issues are even more prevalent in persons with serious mental illness, according to a new report, scheduled to be released on October 3, 2008 by the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD).
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Mental Health Guide for College Students Explains Treatment Options and Legal Rights
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law - September 23, 2008 - Leadership-21, a group of young mental health leaders affiliated with the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, released today a guide for college and university students who experience mental health disorders to explain the treatment options and legal protections available to them.
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More mental health care, abuse aid in VA bill
Washington Times - September 26, 2008 - Legislation passed by the House on Thursday would expand veterans’ treatment for substance abuse and mental health care, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as well as provide counseling for families of veterans.
Read the rest of the article: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/sep/26/more-mental-health-care-abuse-aid-in-va-bill/
A Primer on Cognitive Behavioral Treatment
American Chronicle - September 26, 2008 - During the last 15 to 20 years, we have been exposed to significant media exposure to promote the latest psychiatric drugs. Stigmatic illnesses such as depression and anxiety disorders have been removed from their dark closets.
Read the rest of the article: http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/75604
Paying it forward
Vancouver 24 Hours - September 26, 2008 - To say Sophie Gregoire Trudeau is glowing, is like saying Vancouver gets a few showers. Quite the understatement.
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Medicare Drug Benefit Premiums Set To Jump by 24% in 2009
California Healthline - September 26, 2008 - The average monthly premium for stand-alone Medicare prescription drug coverage will increase by 24% to $37 next year, according to an analysis of the plans by Avalere Health, the Wall Street Journal reports. The average monthly premium was $30 in 2008.
Read the rest of the article: http://www.californiahealthline.org/articles/2008/9/26/medicare-drug-benefit-premiums-set-to-jump-by-24-in-2009.aspx
Wellstone’s Legacy Nears Fruition
Washington Post - September 25, 2008 - This week, policy and politics combined with something that is sometimes just as important on Capitol Hill: the personal regard some lawmakers have for one another.
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Start Your Own Support Group
WHAM-TV, Rochester, NY - September 25, 2008 - A mom started her own support group when her postpartum depression didn’t go away.
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Researchers Investigate Impact of Stress on Police Officers’ Physical and Mental Health
University of Buffalo - September 25, 2008 - Policing is dangerous work, and the danger lurks not on the streets alone.
Read the rest of the article: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/9660
Bridge over troubled water
Northwest Missourian - September 25, 2008 - The Golden Gate Bridge is a spectacular sight. Formed in 1937, the bridge has the second longest main span in the United States. It provides tourism, a commute for San Francisco residents and is one of the more popular sites in California.
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Epilepsy, Autism, Schizophrenia: Master Switch That ‘Balances The Brain’ Found
ScienceDaily - September 25, 2008 - Neuroscientists at Children’s Hospital Boston have identified the first known “master switch” in brain cells to orchestrate the formation and maintenance of inhibitory.
Read the rest of the article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080924133428.htm
Wall Steet Journal - September 25, 2008 - That includes coverage for hospital stays and doctor visits, as well as co-payments and deductibles. Plans that offer out-of-network coverage for physical problems will have to add equivalent mental coverage.
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Treatment can help break cycle of binge eating disorder
Democrat and Chronicle - September 24, 2008 - Binge eating disorder is defined as feeling out of control while eating a large quantity of food in a short period of time.
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Wall Street Journal - September 24, 2008 - In response to an increasing demand from educators for hands-on strategies to deal with eating disorders among students, the National Eating Disorders Association has produced a toolkit of the latest information on how to identify and assist students at risk for anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder.
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Congress Approves Mental Health Bill
Washington Post - September 24, 2008 - Congress approved legislation yesterday that would require private insurers to provide the same level of benefits for mental illness as they do for physical maladies, a change lauded by advocates as a great shift in the nation’s understanding of mental health.
Read the rest of the article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/23/AR2008092302882.html?hpid=sec-health
Anxious times: Fear, confusion can mark a child’s descent into depression
Greenwich Time - September 23, 2008 - Looking back, LeAnn realizes her daughter left a trail of evidence, signs that she was slipping away. “But it was so gradual, I did not notice it was happening,” she says of her daughter depression.
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Legal doc gives voice to mental patients
abc/kabc los angeles - September 23, 2008 - You’ve probably heard of a living will — a legal document that expresses the wishes of a patient who can’t speak for himself. But who will speak for you if you’re in the midst of mental breakdown? The solution: writing your preferences down on something called a PAD.
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Living With…Despite Treatment’s Rigors, A Normal Life Is Within Reach: An occasional feature in which readers describe how they have adjusted to life with a chronic illness.
Washington Post - September 23, 2008 - When I first was told that I might be bipolar, I didn’t want to believe it. I stopped seeing the psychiatrist and chalked it up to her being a quack.
Read the rest of the article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/19/AR2008091903442.html
Tips For Parenting A Child With Bipolar Disorder (17m 49s audio)
National Public Radio - September 22, 2008 - very parent hopes their child’s misbehavior can be easily corrected with a time out or appropriate punishment. But many parents find themselves unprepared when their children are diagnosed with bipolar disorder, a mental illness.
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High-Powered Treatment: Despite the stigma, electroshock therapy is making a quiet comeback
Newsweek - August 6, 2008 - When Bill Russell tells people that his severe depression was relieved by shock therapy, the most common response he gets is: “They’re still doing that?”
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Reactions to events affect your mental health
NewsDay - September 23, 2008 - Do you realize that how you react to life affects your mental health?
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Stanislaus County Mental Health Court succeeds
The Modesto Bee - September 22, 2008 - Rashaud Johnson struggles with a mental illness that makes him worry that other people are talking behind his back, but a lengthy detour through Stanislaus County’s Mental Health Court taught him that he can control his anger as long as he understands what people are saying to him.
Read the rest of the article: http://www.modbee.com/1618/story/437949.html
The Last Tour: A decorated marine’s war within
The New Yorker - issue dated September 29, 2008 - When the Twiggs brothers got to the Grand Canyon, on May 12th, Willard called his girlfriend, a married woman in Louisiana, on Travis’s cell phone.
Read the rest of the article: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/09/29/080929fa_fact_finnegan
Troubled minds: One man’s struggle
The Tribune-Democrat - September 21, 2008 - Andrew Turman takes another drink of coffee, sets down the paper cup and looks at his friend. “I just feel like crying,” the 42-year-old Windber man says, matter-of-factly.
Read the rest of the article: http://www.tribune-democrat.com/local/local_story_265232755.html
Handling a mental recession: Psychologists say perspective is key
Chicago Tribune - September 21, 2008 - An onslaught of phone calls tells Richard Chaifetz all he needs to know about how Americans are handling the nation’s economic plunge.
Read the rest of the article: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-stressed-outsep21,0,7616184.story
VA doctors tell Mullen that vets need mental health screenings
Los Angeles Times - September 21, 2008 - Senior physicians with the veterans health system in Los Angeles told the top U.S. military officer Saturday that the Pentagon needs to overhaul the way it discharges troops because hundreds are leaving the armed forces with undiagnosed combat-related mental health problems.
Read the rest of the article: http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-na-mullen21-2008sep21,0,5101541.story
Homosexuals’ Negative Feelings About Sexuality Predict Poor Mental And Sexual Health
Science Daily - September 20, 2008 - Researchers at the University of Minnesota have published a study showing that the degree of internalized homonegativity (negative attitude towards homosexuality) among homosexual men is what predicts poor mental and sexual health – not the act of being homosexual.
Read the rest of the article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080917145418.htm
Global Psychiatrists Unite to Improve Services in Mental Health
Wall Steet Journal - September 19, 2008 - Thirty seven medical experts in psychiatry from across the world have called on the medical community to take urgent action to optimize services for people with a diagnosis of severe mental illness such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder(i).
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Disappearing to Be Seen (book review)
The New York Times - September 19, 2008 - On June 7, 1866, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle published a story about an 18-year-old girl named Mollie Fancher, who, in the paper’s mind, represented the grim side of America’s preoccupation with personal productivity.
Read the rest of the article: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/books/review/Bellafante-t.html?em
Mental-Health Lines Buzz in U.S. Recession Depression
Bloomberg - September 19, 2008 - A tidal wave of anxiety is washing over America, from Wall Street’s concrete canyons to the lettuce fields of California, propelled by the mortgage industry collapse, costly gasoline, tight credit and rising unemployment.
Read the rest of the article: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aFEDxma2ybio&refer=us
Blood test could soon provide PTSD diagnosis (video and article)
ABC affiliate KGO SanFrancisco - September 18, 2008 - The Veterans Health Administration estimates it will treat nearly six million patients this year, including more than 260,000 veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The most common mental health problem suffered by those troops is post-traumatic stress disorder, known as PTSD.
Read the rest of the article: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/drive_to_discover&id=6400266
Where the candidates stand on mental healthcare
Los Angeles Times - September 18, 2008 - Wednesday in Booster Shots, L.A. Times reporter Susan Brink directed readers to websites that explain the presidential candidates’ healthcare plans as well as articles analyzing those plans.
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UC Davis study sees culture gap in seeking mental health care
Sacramento Bee - September 17, 2008 - The young man arrived with delusions. He heard voices. And his family was desperate to shake him of his demons. Therapists called him psychotic and paranoid. His family considered him possessed. In traditional Hmong culture, the connection between health and illness is often deeply rooted in superstition and the world of spirits.
Read the rest of the article: http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/1242371.html
Curing the Wounds of Iraq with Virtual Therapy
Discover Magazine - September 17, 2008 - Early on in the Iraq War, clinical psychologist Albert “Skip” Rizzo stumbled upon the video game Full Spectrum Warrior and determined to make a therapeutic tool out of it.
Read the rest of the article: http://discovermagazine.com/2008/oct/17-curing-the-wounds-of-iraq-with-virtual-therapy
US researchers call off controversial autism study
Associated Press - September 17, 2008 - A government agency has dropped plans for a study of a controversial treatment for autism that critics had called an unethical experiment on children.
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ADA Bill Heads to President; Mental Health Benefits Gain Momentum
Workforce Management - September 17, 2008 - Just as the Senate did last week, the House approved by voice vote on Wednesday, September 17, a bill that would expand workplace protections for Americans with disabilities.
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Seventy Five Percent of Women Admit to Abnormal Behavior Around Food
Natural News - September 16, 2008 - Disordered eating among women in the U.S. may be more widespread than we thought. Nearly two-thirds (65 percent) of young American women report experiencing disordered eating behaviors, and ten percent report symptoms of eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia, or binge eating disorder, according to new study findings published in HealthDay News.
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Nation’s Leading Eating Disorder Treatment Center Launches New Program for Boys
Christian NewsWire - September 16, 2008 - Remuda Programs for Eating Disorders, the nation’s leading eating disorder treatment center, today announced it has opened Reddstone, a Remuda Program for Boys.
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California Legislature Drops Some Health Cuts From Budget
California Healthline - September 16, 2008 - Early this morning, the California Legislature approved a budget proposal for fiscal year 2008-2009 that avoided some cuts to health care and other programs, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Democrats widely opposed the proposed cuts (Zapler, San Jose Mercury News, 9/16).
Read the rest of the article: http://www.californiahealthline.org/articles/2008/9/16/California-Legislature-Drops-Some-Health-Cuts-From-Budget.aspx?topicID=39
Steady Work And Mental Health: Is There A Connection?
ScienceDaily - September 16, 2008 - Despite low overall unemployment, Canada’s manufacturing industry has cut 88,000 jobs this year, with nearly all the losses occurring in Ontario.
Read the rest of the article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080915105727.htm
Newer Antipsychotics No Better in Kids
WebMD - September 15, 2008 - Widely prescribed, newer-generation antipsychotic drugs are no more effective for the treatment of schizophrenia in children and teens than older, cheaper drugs, a government-funded study shows.
Read the rest of the article: http://www.webmd.com/schizophrenia/news/20080915/newer-antipsychotics-no-better-in-kids
Redefining Depression as Mere Sadness
The New York Times - September 15, 2008 - Let’s say a patient walks into my office and says he’s been feeling down for the past three weeks. A month ago, his fiancée left him for another man, and he feels there’s no point in going on. He has not been sleeping well, his appetite is poor and he has lost interest in nearly all of his usual activities.
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Wall Street Journal - September 15, 2008 - John F. Kennedy University (JFKU) announced today it has received final approval of its new counseling psychology master’s program from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), the accrediting body for California colleges and universities.
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Newsweek - September 14, 2008 - A Harvard psychiatrist answers questions about mental illness
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Yearning for the Lean Years (anorexia: book reviews)
The New York Times - September 12, 2008 - In 1972, when Joyce Maynard was an 88-pound Yale freshman, embarking upon her writing career and soon to embark upon a love affair with J. D. Salinger, she proposed an article about anorexia to a magazine editor.
Read the rest of the article: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/fashion/14book.html?ref=fashion
The New York Times - September 12, 2008 - When Claire, a pixie-faced 6-year-old in a school uniform, heard her older brother, James, enter the family’s Manhattan apartment, she shut her bedroom door and began barricading it so swiftly and methodically that at first I didn’t understand what she was doing.
Read the rest of the article: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/magazine/14bipolar-t.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
Bipolar disorder linked with hibernation
United Press International - September 11, 2008 - German scientists say they’ve found bipolar disorder resembles the phenomenon of hibernation.
Read the rest of the article: http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2008/09/11/Bipolar_disorder_linked_with_hibernation/UPI-96991221167399/
Are there too many bipolar diagnoses among teens?
The Capital - September 11, 2008 - Not long ago I was talking to an older teenager who informed me that he had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. He spoke of his moodiness, his quickly changing demeanor and his temper outbursts, most of which had begun around the onset of puberty.
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PTSD in US Veterans Cast Aside for “Cost Effectiveness”
Examiner - September 11, 2008 - Last year more than 2400 Iraqi and Afghan veterans from the US Armed services were discharged from service due to “Personality Disorders”. As it is more “cost effective” to discharge troops with behavioral problems than to diagnose them with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and offer them service benefits, this has created a firestorm of controversy within the mental health community.
Read the rest of the article: http://www.examiner.com/x-796-Mental-Health-Examiner~y2008m9d11-PTSD-in-US-Veterans-Cast-Aside-for-Cost-Effectiveness
Silent Demons: Schizophrenia is hard to treat but research provides new hope
Newsweek - September 13, 2008 - You’re a senior in high school, sitting in math class, when suddenly a voice from the loudspeaker tells you the CIA has killed your parents and replaced them with impostors.
Read the rest of the article: http://www.newsweek.com/id/158762?tid=relatedcl
New Association Serves Binge Eating Disorder Community
Wall Street Journal - September 11, 2008 - The Binge Eating Disorder Association, Inc., has been initiated to address the needs of those affected by binge eating disorder and those who provide treatment for affected individuals. www.bedaonline.org
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Traumatic physical injuries can harm mental health, study finds
Seattle Post-Intelligencer- September 11, 2008 - Traumatic physical injuries can seriously harm a patient’s mental health, leading in some cases to depression and an inability to hold a job, according to the largest U.S. study evaluating the effects of such injuries.
Read the rest of the article: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/378776_injury12.html
Natural Childbirth Moms More Attuned to Babies’ Cry
US News and World Report- September 11, 2008 - Mothers who delivered their babies vaginally appear to be much more sensitive to the cry of their own child within a few weeks of the birth compared with those who deliver by Caesarean section, a new study shows.
Read the rest of the article: http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2008/09/11/natural-childbirth-moms-more-attuned-to-babies-cry.html
Postpartum Depression: South Asian Women Suffer in Silence
San Leandro India West- September 10, 2008 - Poornima Jayaraman knew something wasn’t right after the birth of her baby girl last year.
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White Men Attach Greater Stigma To Mental Health Care
Science Daily - September 10, 1008 - Beyond financial and access barriers to mental health care, factors such as mistrust, perceptions of stigma and negative attitudes toward care can prevent people from seeking the help they need.
Read the rest of the article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080908125123.htm
Many use unproven mental health therapies
United Press International - September 10, 2008 - Individual or group cognitive behavioral therapy is effective to reduce depressive disorders, anxiety or post-traumatic stress disorder, U.S. officials said.
Read the rest of the article: http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2008/09/10/Many_use_unproven_mental_health_therapies/UPI-99571221080278/
More people calling suicide prevention hot line
Associated Press - September 9, 2008 - The number of Americans calling the government’s suicide prevention hot line has increased every year since its launch, say the program’s staff, who attribute that to efforts to promote the number rather than a rise in people considering suicide.
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Oprah.com - September 9, 2008 -On the outside, Andrea seemed like a devoted, involved stay-at-home mom. But inside, she was battling a mental disorder that disrupted her thoughts—and, she says, led her to do the unthinkable.
Read the rest of the article: http://www.oprah.com/slideshow/world/oprahshow1_ss_20070924
Virtual Reality Therapy Promising in Treating PTSD, Studies Find
iHealth Beat- September 9, 2008 - The results of two recent clinical trials conducted at the San Diego Naval Medical Center and Camp Pendleton in California show that virtual reality therapy can help treat veterans’ post-traumatic stress disorder, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports.
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UC San Diego to Lead Nationwide Study Of Posttraumatic Stress and Brain Injury
UC San Diego - September 9, 2008 - The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) School of Medicine will lead a $60 million, five-year, 10-site Clinical Consortium funded by the Department of Defense Psychological Health/Traumatic Brain Injury Research Program…
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Mental health help for patients is just video screen away
Houston Chronicle - September 9, 2008 - Fred Ramirez, a psychiatric nurse, watches a patient as she relates that her medicine hasn’t been completely effective.
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Fluctuations In Serotonin Transport May Explain Winter Blues
Washington Post - September 9, 2008 - Fluctuations in serotonin transporter levels may explain why many people suffer the winter blues, say Canadian researchers.
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Bipolar Disorder Tied to Age of Fathers
New York Times - September 9, 2008 - The older a man is, the more likely he is to father children who develop bipolar disorder as adults, a large Swedish study reports.
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Brain function gets a boost from walking
Los Angeles Times - September 8, 2008 - Walking is good for your head.
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New Blog Offers Complementary Treatment Options for Postpartum Depression
PR Web - September 8, 2008 - Well Postpartum Weblog outlines research-based alternative treatments for mothers suffering with postpartum mood issues. This blog is used by professionals and consumers who want more options to treat perinatal depression and anxiety.
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Teenagers Ignorant About Mental Health
Red Orbit- September 7, 2008 - Young people know little about mental health problems, with 46 per cent of 12 to 18-year-olds unable to name a single mental health condition, a poll revealed yesterday.
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Teenage girls found project to fight eating disorders
Newsday- September 7, 2008 - At first, the likeness of rotund, food-addicted Hugo “Hurley” Reyes from the cryptic hit show “Lost” might be an odd choice of collector item for a 17-year-old. But on a very deep level, Rosenman relates
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Debbie’s case confirms that mental-health ‘reform’ failed
Winston-Salem Journal- September 7, 2008 - To say that Bill Kisner is at his wits’ end would barely begin to describe his frustration.
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Newsweek - September 6, 2008 - Anorexics can be male, old, Latino, black or pregnant. A new book undercuts old stereotypes.
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Older Vietnamese Americans suffer higher rate of mental health problems
Los Angeles Times - September 5, 2008 - Vietnamese Americans who came to the United States as political refugees are suffering from higher rates of mental health problems than non-Latino whites, an indication that many Vietnamese Americans are experiencing lingering effects from the Vietnam War, according to a UC Irvine Center for Health Care Policy study.
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There’s help for 9/11 flashbacks
The Gazette, Canada - September 5, 2008 - A weird thing happened to me while doing research for this series. I was chasing a story about whether people can get post-traumatic stress disorder from watching their TVs and I got a little traumatized.
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Horsing around can heal the soul
Corning Observer - September 5, 2008 - Horses have traditionally been used for many different purposes…horses are a source of healing, a tool she uses to help the emotionally wounded who come to her for assistance
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Wall Street Journal - September 5, 2008 - Latinos represent the nation’s largest and fastest growing ethnic group, yet there remains a striking lack of knowledge regarding the unique mental health needs facing the Latino population–and a troubling shortage of culturally competent mental health professionals prepared to meet those needs.
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Recent study shows suicidal thoughts are common
University of Missouri- September 4, 2008 - Kyle Masterson was a freshman at MU in 2006. He was a business major, with a 4.0 GPA who lived in Laws Hall. But on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2006, he died by suicide.
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Parents worry more about kids’ mental health
USA Today - September 4, 2008 - Parents of about 15% of kids spoke to school staff or health care providers about their children’s emotional and behavior problems in the past year, according to a survey released Wednesday, the first of its kind.
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ADHD thwarts adults’ potential attainment
Reuters - September 4, 2008 - Compared to what they would be expected to achieve based on intellect, adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder or ADHD have lower educational and occupational attainments, a study shows.
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Memoir tracks the travails of author’s bipolar family (book review)
Vail Daily - September 4, 2008 - It’s not easy writing and selling a memoir about a drug-addled past in the post-James Frey era. After being publicly dressed-down by Oprah herself for fabricating portions of his book “A Million Little Pieces,” Frey left a taint on the art of memoir that has readers and publishers alike second-guessing the veracity of any such book that comes down the pike.
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Professor’s work treating animal phobias gets attention
Western Michigan University News - September 4, 2008 - Many people have a fear of a particular animal, but for some that fear can become paralyzing, threatening their career or otherwise interfering with a normal life.
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Elevated Rate Of Teen Suicide Stirs Concern: Trend Is Linked to Drop in Use Of Antidepressants After FDA Raised Worries About Risks
Wall Street Journal - September 3, 2008 - A new study may bolster the argument that a drop in the use of antidepressants has led to an increase in teen suicides.
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Caring canine: Pet going through training to become ‘therapy dog’
Clackamas Review - September 2, 2008 - Her silken mane and melting eyes draw people to her; add in her long snout and cold, inquisitive nose, and you have a love magnet.
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3 Questions Can Spot Possible Postpartum Depression
US News and World Report - September 2, 2008 - Three simple questions were just as good as conventional screening for identifying potential postpartum depression among new mothers.
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Wall Street Journal- September 2, 2008 - BioMedEcon Group, a leading provider of health economics and outcomes research, presented findings of a unique nine-year retrospective claims analysis that compared the per-patient, median healthcare costs of newly-diagnosed patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) to matched patients with depression.
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Minnesota Women’s Press- September 2, 2008 - For many women or teenage girls, losing 15 or even 25 pounds is cause for celebration. We’re beaten over the head by the media and culture about how overweight we are as a nation, and the antidote to overweight is weight loss.
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Father’s Age Associated With Risk of Bipolar Disorder in Children
Wall Street Journal - September 2, 2008 - There’s more evidence this week that certain health risks are higher for the offspring of older fathers. This time, researchers found that older fathers have a greater likelihood of having children with bipolar disorder.
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How California State Boards Fail Victims of Sexual Misconduct
California Progress Report - Sptember 2, 2008 - Sexual misconduct by physicians, therapists, and other health care providers is a problem that harms many patients. Sexual misconduct can range from inappropriate sexual remarks, inappropriate touch, engaging in a sexual relationship with a patient, to the extreme example of the crime of rape. Misconduct exploits the trust a patient has in the caregiver to always act in the patient’s best interest.
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APA Uses Bad Science On Abortion
The Philadelphia Bulletin - September 2, 2008 - Last week, the American Psychological Association plunged headlong into controversy with the release of a report from the Task Force on Mental Health and Abortion.
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Accessing the colourful spectrum of emotions
Irish Times, Dublin - September 2, 2008 - THE VIVID radiance and magnificence of a rainbow in full display is an awesome sight - such a beautiful spectrum of colour, from red on the outside, to violet at its inner edge.
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Survivors of work layoffs face the guilt
Modesto Bee - September 1, 2008 - In industries where pink slips are being passed out with abandon, the still-employed survivors are getting pretty bummed out.
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Exhibit offers insight into mental health issues
ClarionLedger - September 1, 2008 - Serendipity Art Exhibit and Silent Auction is about much more than the art as an individual expression. The art’s also an ambassador, a therapy tool, an esteem-booster and a barrier-buster between the community at large and those receiving mental health services.
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